Laughter and humor as complementary and alternative medicines for dementia patients

• Main Authors: Morihara Takashi (Author), Tagami Shinji (Author), Okochi Masayasu (Author), Kudo Takashi (Author), Hashimoto Ryota (Author), Takeda Masatoshi (Author), Sadick Golam (Author), Tanaka Toshihisa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The number of dementia patients has increased worldwide, with an estimated 13.7 million dementia patients in the Asia Pacific region alone. This number is expected to increase to 64.6 million by the year 2050.</p> <p>Disc...